I'm aiming for in a week or two.
- Autodocs:
That's a non-issue. Any documentation that gets checked in appears on the website when the next doc dump is made, which usually happens within days of major improvements. We've tried numerous different ways to get people to contribute documentation, but it is fairly obvious that it isn't something people are interested in doing. We could perhaps fold back the five or so examples contributed to the caudium documentation site...
My bet is that readline and terminfo will remain undocumented until grubba, you or I decides to endure the pain for the benefit of mankind.
- Modules:
This is more of an issue. The important thing is that the module package "API" is good enough that we can live with it at least until 7.8. Is there a concise description of how a package should look like and the procedures for installing it? Such documentation is possibly a blocker, so that everyone gets the chance discover why it wouldn't work for them. Aspects to consider are
- Stand alone source package (downloaded from the Great External Module Storage (GEMS) or Pike Module Storage).
- Source and binary packages for the major package formats (rpm, deb, gentoo).
- Binary packages for Windows.
/ Martin Nilsson (provokatör)
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2004-03-22 05:20: Subject: 7.6
Are we talking days, weeks or months before this 7.5/7.7 split? I've got a few non-core items that I think I (or others) need to address before 7.6:
- Autodocs: there are a number of modules and or functions that aren't
documented well or at all (the readline and termcap stuff comes to mind). Also, one of the biggest complaints about the modref is that there are so few examples. If everyone could just take an hour or two to document or expand the documentation for a few functions, it would be a great help.
- Modules: is there a general feeling about how big a deal external
modules are going to be for 7.6? Do we need to test the procedures out more, and have documentation about how developers/end users go about creating and installing them? Should I try to finish my "module grab and install" code? The "server side" of this is almost finished, but the client end is barely started. Anyone want to help out with this?
Bill
/ Brevbäraren